U.S. patent application number 12/258709 was filed with the patent office on 2010-03-25 for system and method for producing video map.
This patent application is currently assigned to Tae Sung CHUNG. Invention is credited to Tae Sung Chung, Dongkwan Kim, Changhoon Lee, Sang Min Lee, Sung Pil Moon.
Application Number | 20100077307 12/258709 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 42038865 |
Filed Date | 2010-03-25 |
United States Patent
Application |
20100077307 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chung; Tae Sung ; et
al. |
March 25, 2010 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VIDEO MAP
Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for providing a moving picture
map, the system including: a moving picture upload part for
uploading moving pictures for one or more objects; and a map
provision part for forming a moving picture map showing relations
to other moving pictures according to subject matters, based on
indexes corresponding to the moving pictures, and providing the
moving picture map to a user interface for a moving picture search.
Therefore, a user can be allowed to easily retrieve a number of
moving pictures, and a manual and a review about a predetermined
product can be made in a moving picture format for provision of the
moving picture containing the manual and the review to
consumers.
Inventors: |
Chung; Tae Sung; (Seoul,
KR) ; Moon; Sung Pil; (Indianapolis, IN) ;
Lee; Changhoon; (Seoul, KR) ; Lee; Sang Min;
(Ulsan, KR) ; Kim; Dongkwan; (Gyeonggi-do,
KR) |
Correspondence
Address: |
RATNERPRESTIA
P.O. BOX 980
VALLEY FORGE
PA
19482
US
|
Assignee: |
CHUNG; Tae Sung
Seoul
PA
ComPePrice LLC
Pittsburgh
|
Family ID: |
42038865 |
Appl. No.: |
12/258709 |
Filed: |
October 27, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
715/721 ;
345/661; 715/760 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G06F 16/70 20190101;
G06F 16/54 20190101 |
Class at
Publication: |
715/721 ;
715/760; 345/661 |
International
Class: |
G06F 3/048 20060101
G06F003/048; G06F 7/06 20060101 G06F007/06; G06F 17/30 20060101
G06F017/30; G09G 5/00 20060101 G09G005/00; G06F 17/40 20060101
G06F017/40 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Sep 24, 2008 |
KR |
10-2008-0093762 |
Claims
1. A system for providing a moving picture map, the system
comprising: a moving picture upload part for uploading moving
pictures for one or more objects; and a map provision part for
forming a moving picture map showing relations to other moving
pictures according to subject matters, based on indexes
corresponding to the moving pictures, and providing the moving
picture map to a user interface for a moving picture search.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the moving picture map
is implemented for any one of said one or more objects, or is
implemented for comparison between at least two objects.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the moving picture
corresponds to object information that has a manual describing the
object according to each subject matter or the contents of a review
about the object, and corresponds to object comparison information
that compares objects when the moving picture is related to at
least two objects of said one or more objects.
4. A server for providing a moving picture map, the server
comprising: a reception unit for receiving uploaded moving pictures
for one or more objects; a storage unit for storing the moving
pictures; a map forming unit for forming a moving picture map
showing relations to other moving pictures according to subject
matters, based on indexes of the moving pictures; and a user
interface unit for providing the moving picture map to a user
interface for a moving picture search.
5. The server as claimed in claim 4, wherein the map forming unit
forms the moving picture map in accordance with any one of said one
or more objects, or forms the moving picture map in accordance with
comparison between at least two objects of said one or more
objects.
6. The server as claimed in claim 4, wherein the map forming unit
automatically sets the indexes according to an upload area that a
user specifies in the moving picture map displayed on the user
interface, or sets the indexes according to texts input by a
user.
7. The server as claimed in claim 6, wherein, in the case of
automatically setting the indexes, the map forming unit sets moving
picture subject matter located at the upload area as the index when
other moving pictures associated with each other within the upload
area to be uploaded with the moving pictures have no sub-moving
picture subject matter subordinate to the moving picture subject
matter.
8. The server as claimed in claim 6, wherein the map forming unit
sets texts input by a user as the indexes, when other moving
pictures associated with each other within the upload area to be
uploaded with the moving pictures have a sub-moving picture subject
matter subordinate to the moving picture subject matter.
9. The server as claimed in claim 4, wherein the user interface
unit comprises: an object specification module for specifying any
one of said one or more objects, and then specifying the moving
picture map in accordance with the specified object; and a map
display module for displaying the moving picture map on a web or
wap page.
10. The server as claimed in claim 9, wherein the user interface
unit further comprises an object specification module for
specifying at least two objects, which correspond to targets of
mutual comparison, of said one or more objects, and then specifying
the moving picture map in accordance with the specified
objects.
11. The server as claimed in claim 9, wherein the user interface
unit further comprises a moving picture display module for
displaying the moving picture linked in accordance with any one
index that a user specifies in the moving picture map.
12. The server as claimed in claim 11, wherein the user interface
unit further comprises an object evaluation module for reflecting a
user's evaluation on the moving picture.
13. The server as claimed in claim 9, wherein the user interface
unit further comprises a moving picture request module for allowing
a user to request the other moving pictures about the object.
14. The server as claimed in claim 13, wherein the moving picture
request module adds a reply or a comment to the request through the
user input.
15. The server as claimed in claim 9, wherein the map display
module performs screen movement for the moving picture map,
executes one of screen enlargement and screen reduction for the
moving picture map, or shifts the moving picture map in two
dimensions or three dimensions, according to a user's control of
the screen.
16. The server as claimed in claim 9, wherein the map display
module retrieves the indexes corresponding to keywords input by a
user in the moving picture map.
17. The server as claimed in claim 9, wherein the map display
module changes texts constituting the indexes in accordance with
user's change setting of subject matter for any one index in the
moving picture map.
18. The server as claimed in claim 9, wherein the map display
module allows other users beside a user uploading the moving
picture to perform editing including deletion for any one moving
picture when the moving picture constituting the moving picture map
satisfies a pre-set condition for sharing editing.
19. A system for uploading moving pictures, the system comprising:
a monitor unit for displaying a moving picture map formed by
collecting a first moving picture for one or more objects; a moving
picture producing unit for responding to a request for provision of
a moving picture displayed on the monitor unit, or forming a second
moving picture according to optional production and execution of a
user; and an upload unit for uploading the second moving picture
onto a server for providing a moving picture map to update the
moving picture map.
20. The system as claimed in claim 19, further comprising a user
computer unit for producing and uploading the second moving picture
in an individual zone of the user.
21. A method for providing a moving picture map, the method
comprising the steps of: uploading moving pictures for one or more
objects; forming a moving picture map showing relations to other
moving pictures according to subject matters, based on indexes
corresponding to the moving pictures; and providing the moving
picture map to a user interface for a moving picture search.
22. The method as claimed in claim 21, further comprising a step of
updating the moving picture map either by updating other moving
pictures, or by correcting the moving picture map.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a system and method for
providing a moving picture map, and more particularly to a system
and method for providing a moving picture map, which enables a user
to easily find moving pictures of desired subject matter by
classifying moving pictures according to subject matter and then
spreading out the classified moving pictures on a screen in the
form of a map.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] With the advent of the Internet and the popularization of
online shopping, increased importance is being attached to sharing
review information about a corresponding product. In particular, in
the case of an electronic product, product sales itself may vary
according to review information about the product, and online
shopping customers who are not in a position to personally see and
test a product have no choice but to rely on the review information
about it.
[0003] At present, such review information is serviced online,
based on texts and pictures. In addition, product review services
based on moving pictures have also recently been provided.
[0004] The text-based product review is given in the form of
replies made by users or expert groups. However, it has a problem
in that merits and faults of a product are very subjectively
explained and are difficult to instinctively understand, so that
objective evaluation on the product is ambiguous. Also, it is
inevitable for the text-based review to have limitations in
describing an operation method, a response speed, a working
environment, etc. of a product that is actually operating, as in
the case of an electronic product.
[0005] Further, the conventional moving picture review is more
useful than the text-based review in that it can solve some of
problems with the text-based review by showing a process of
actually operating a product.
[0006] However, since general moving picture review sites employ a
scheme in which an expert commentator produces and uploads one
moving picture review for each product, they have limitations in
providing various moving picture reviews about all products.
Additionally, most moving picture reviews are nothing but simple
comments on the appearance and some new functions of a product
because they have limited time duration, and are produced by the
staff, the number of which is considerably smaller than that of
products.
[0007] Contrarily, some users upload and share UCC-based moving
picture reviews descriptive of products that they are using in
person, thereby providing necessary information to other users.
Therefore, the UCC-based moving picture reviews are advantageous in
that various users provide different moving picture reviews for one
product, so that diversity can be ensured and much more information
can be provided.
[0008] However, the UCC-based moving picture reviews have a problem
in that it is not easy for general users to have access to
information. For example, when a user searches for moving pictures
by inputting the keyword "iPhone review" in a moving picture search
site, hundreds of moving pictures are retrieved. If the user wants
reviews about an e-mail function of the iPhone, it is never easy to
specify which of the retrieved moving pictures corresponds to one
desired by the user.
[0009] Moreover, since each user providing a moving picture
approaches product reviews in a different scheme or from a
different point of view, there is a difference in reliability
between information providers. Furthermore, evaluation on the
reliability is not provided in the conventional moving picture
services.
[0010] Accordingly, in view of such problems, there is a need for a
new scheme for moving picture search or product review.
DISCLOSURE
Technical Problem
[0011] Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of
the above-mentioned problems, and the present invention provides a
system and method for providing a moving picture map, which enables
a user to easily find moving pictures of desired subject matter by
classifying the moving pictures according to subject matters and
spreading out the classified moving pictures on a screen in the
form of a map.
Technical Solution
[0012] In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there
is provided a system for providing a moving picture map, the system
including: a moving picture upload part for uploading moving
pictures for one or more objects; and a map provision part for
forming a moving picture map showing relations to other moving
pictures according to subject matters, based on indexes
corresponding to the moving pictures, and providing the moving
picture map to a user interface for a moving picture search.
[0013] In accordance with another aspect of the present invention,
there is provided a server for providing a moving picture map, the
server including: a reception unit for receiving uploaded moving
pictures for one or more objects; a storage unit for storing the
moving pictures; a map forming unit for forming a moving picture
map showing relations to other moving pictures according to subject
matters, based on indexes of the moving pictures; and a user
interface unit for providing the moving picture map to a user
interface for a moving picture search.
[0014] In accordance with another aspect of the present invention,
there is provided a system for uploading moving pictures, the
system including: a monitor unit for displaying a moving picture
map formed by collecting a first moving picture for one or more
objects; a moving picture producing unit for responding to a
request for provision of a moving picture displayed on the monitor
unit, or forming a second moving picture according to optional
production and execution of a user; and an upload unit for
uploading the second moving picture onto a server for providing a
moving picture map to update the moving picture map.
[0015] Preferably, the system further includes a user computer unit
for producing and uploading the second moving picture in an
individual zone of the user.
[0016] In accordance with another aspect of the present invention,
there is provided a method for providing a moving picture map, the
method including the steps of: uploading moving pictures for one or
more objects; forming a moving picture map showing relations to
other moving pictures according to subject matters, based on
indexes corresponding to the moving pictures; and providing the
moving picture map to a user interface for a moving picture
search.
[0017] Preferably, the method further includes a step of updating
the moving picture map either by updating other moving pictures, or
by correcting the moving picture map.
ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS
[0018] According to the present invention, it is possible for a
user to easily retrieve a number of moving pictures by classifying
moving pictures according to subject matters and spreading out the
classified moving picture on a screen so as to allow the user to
easily find a moving picture of desired subject matter. It is also
possible to produce a manual and a review for a predetermined
product in a moving picture format and thus very usefully provide
the moving picture to consumers.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0019] The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of
the present invention will become more apparent from the following
detailed description when taken in conjunction with the
accompanying drawings in which:
[0020] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for
providing a moving picture map according to an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0021] FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram illustrating a map
provision part shown in FIG. 1;
[0022] FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a user interface
formed through a server for providing a moving picture map, being a
map provision part, shown in FIG. 2;
[0023] FIG. 4 is an enlarged view illustrating a section of a
moving picture map in the user interface shown in FIG. 3;
[0024] FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a screen movement for the
moving picture map shown in FIG. 4;
[0025] FIG. 6 is an enlarged view illustrating a section of object
comparison in the user interface shown in FIG. 3;
[0026] FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a moving picture map opened
out in the case of selecting an object comparison icon in the
object comparison screen shown in FIG. 6; and
[0027] FIG. 8 is a flow chart illustrating an operation process of
the system for providing a moving picture map shown in FIG. 1.
BEST MODE
Mode for Invention
[0028] Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention
will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0029] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for
providing a moving picture map according to an embodiment of the
present invention. As shown as an example in FIG. 1, the system for
providing the moving picture map includes a moving picture upload
part 100 for uploading moving pictures such as a review or a manual
related to at least one object (e.g. a camera), and a map provision
part 200 for forming a moving picture map (e.g. a map implemented
through a tree structure) for showing relations to opened other
moving pictures according to subject matters, based on indexes
(e.g. subject matters related to a use method of a specific
function of a camera, and subject matters related to a product
review for the camera) that are provided in accordance with the
uploaded moving pictures, and providing the moving picture map to a
user interface for a moving picture search.
[0030] In the following description of the present invention, the
object targeted by the present invention is assumed to be a
camera.
[0031] Also, the moving picture map can be implemented either by
collecting various moving pictures about a camera of a specific
model from among various cameras, or by collecting moving pictures
about product comparison that compares merits and faults between
various models.
[0032] Therefore, the moving pictures necessary to constitute the
moving picture map include either object information that contains
the contents of a review that shows merits and faults of a camera,
or a manual that describes the camera according to each of main
functions, or object comparison information formed through
comparison between two or more cameras.
[0033] FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram illustrating a map
provision part 200 shown in FIG. 1. As shown as an example in FIG.
2, a server for providing a moving picture map in the map provision
part 200 includes a reception unit 210 for receiving moving
pictures about a camera of a specific model, a storage unit 220 for
storing received moving pictures, a map forming unit 230 for
receiving moving pictures, and forming a moving picture map by
distinguishing relations to other moving pictures according to
subject matters, having been already stored, based on indexes that
are received together with the moving pictures to show subject
matters of the moving pictures, and a user interface unit 240 for
providing the formed moving picture map to a web or a wap page
opened as a service for user's search of moving pictures.
[0034] The map forming unit 230 can not only form a moving picture
map for sharing a manual or the contents of a review for each of
various functions that a camera of a specific model incorporates,
but also receive moving pictures used for comparing various types
of cameras to form a moving picture map based on the received
moving pictures.
[0035] In particular, the map forming unit 230 allows any one user
to specify a specific part of the moving picture map, and then sets
the specified part, which is specified by user's input through a
menu (e.g. user's input for a menu named `moving picture addition`
activated by clicking a right button of a mouse connected to a
computer), as an upload area.
[0036] Herein, according to a scheme of handling a moving picture
map by a user, as mentioned above, it is possible to handle the
moving picture map through the mouse of the computer. It is also
possible to handle the moving picture map through user's touch
input to a touch screen monitor on which a moving picture map is
displayed. Additionally, it is possible to employ various input
schemes together with the above-described input schemes.
[0037] Therefore, it is preferred that when a map node for any one
user has sub-nodes in the moving picture map specified by the set
upload area (e.g. a case where there is no sub-moving picture
subject matter subordinate to subject matter of the moving picture
constituting the map node of the user), the map forming unit 230
sets an automatically added moving picture to have an index
identical to that of the subject matter of the moving picture
constituting the map node.
[0038] Meanwhile, it is preferred that when a map node for any one
user has no sub-node in the moving picture map specified by the set
upload area (e.g. a case where sub-moving picture subject matter
subordinate to the subject matter of the moving picture
constituting the map node of the user is connected to a map node),
the map forming unit 230 sets an index of an added moving picture
by direct input of the user.
[0039] FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a user interface
formed through the server for providing the moving picture map,
being a map provision part 200, shown in FIG. 2. As shown as an
example in FIG. 3, the user interface unit 240 of the server for
providing the moving picture map includes an object specification
module 241 for specifying a camera of a specific model among
cameras of various models to retrieve a moving picture for the
manual of a specific function or a moving picture for the contents
of a review about the specified camera through a moving picture
map, and a map display module for displaying a moving picture map
for a specific camera on a web or wap page screen.
[0040] Moreover, preferably, the user interface unit 240 further
includes an object comparison module 243 for comparing two or more
cameras, a moving picture display module for displaying a moving
picture corresponding to a selected index when a user selects any
one index in a moving picture map, an object evaluation module 245
for showing evaluation of a moving picture identified by a user,
and a moving picture request module 246 for requesting a moving
picture when a user's search result of a moving picture map shows
that there are no desired moving pictures.
[0041] Herein, the moving picture request module 246 may include a
function of enabling a user to add a reply or a comment such as, "A
review has been made,", in response to a request such as "Review a
display window of camcorder (Canon X-00), please."
[0042] Meanwhile, the moving picture request module 246 may include
a function of adding a request of another user such as, "How many
pixels are available in the display? (ID: applelover100), in
response to the request such as, "Review a display window of
camcorder (Canon X-00), please."
[0043] The moving picture request module 246 can also add a reply
such as, "We don't carry Insignia products" or "We will have
Insignia NS-LCD42HD 42" LCD Televisions after two weeks, after
which its review is possible, in response to a request such as,
"Review an Insignia NS-LCD42HD 42" LCD Television, please."
[0044] FIG. 4 is an enlarged view illustrating a section of a
moving picture map in the user interface shown in FIG. 3. As shown
as an example in FIG. 4, the moving picture map can be organized in
a tree structure, and can be implemented by more various structures
in which a map is made. The moving picture map has a hierarchical
structure in which moving pictures are classified according to IDs
of users, and then the classified moving pictures are correlated by
a horizontal line according to subject matters and if present,
moving pictures forming sub-moving picture subject matter
subordinate to any subject matter are linked to the moving picture
forming the subject matter through a vertical line.
[0045] Further, the map display module can move a screen for a
moving picture map according to the user's control of the screen,
as shown in FIG. 5. Such a function is aimed at accessing the
entire moving picture map through the screen movement of the user
since there is a limit to view all moving pictures on one screen in
the presence of a large number of moving pictures.
[0046] Herein, the user's control of the screen makes it possible
not only to move a screen as described above, but also to enlarge
or reduce a screen, or to shift a screen in two or three dimensions
as well.
[0047] Another function of functions similar to this is to retrieve
an index corresponding to a keyword that a user inputs in a moving
picture map. By the function, it is possible for the user to easily
retrieve a desired moving picture without the screen movement.
[0048] The map display module has another function of allowing not
only a user uploading a corresponding moving picture, but also
another user to perform editing such as deletion of the
corresponding moving picture when any one of moving pictures
constituting the moving picture map satisfies a pre-set condition
for sharing editing.
[0049] Herein, the condition for sharing editing can be set in
various ways. Some examples of the conditions may include a case
where users evaluate moving pictures at a level lower than a
scheduled level, a case where any other user uploads a moving
picture superior to the current moving picture, a case where any
other user integrates and uploads several subject matters into one
moving picture, and a case where an integrated moving picture for
several subject matters is divided, and then the divided moving
picture is respectively uploaded.
[0050] Further, the map display module can manage indexes according
to each of specific subject matter shown on the moving picture map,
and can also manage indexes by allowing users to optionally change
subject matter. Preferably, this is implemented in a properly mixed
form according to levels of moving picture maps.
[0051] FIG. 6 is an enlarged view illustrating a section of an
object comparison in the user interface shown in FIG. 3. As shown
as an example in FIG. 6, the object comparison module 243 allows a
user to select cameras being targets of comparison from among
cameras of various models, and provides the moving picture map
showing product comparison between the selected cameras to the map
display module 242 for displaying them, as shown in FIG. 7.
[0052] Herein, specifying cameras, being targets of comparison, can
be implemented by selecting an object comparison icon for a
corresponding object in the user interface showing the object
comparison module 243. Preferably, the object comparison icon is
implemented such that it is not made when no comparison moving
picture for a camera of a specific model exists on the moving
picture map.
[0053] Meanwhile, the moving picture upload part 100 shown in FIG.
1 can be implemented either through a separate space named an
offline shop review zone that publicizes or sells cameras offline,
or through an individual computer of each user.
[0054] Herein, when a system including the moving picture upload
part 100 is implemented through a space named an offline shop
review zone, the system includes a monitor unit 110 for displaying
a moving picture map formed by collecting a first moving picture
for a camera of a specific model, a moving picture producing unit
120 for forming a second moving picture that a user produces in
response to a request for provision of a moving picture, made on
the monitor unit 110 by another user using the moving picture map,
or forming a second moving picture according to optional production
and execution in an offline shop review zone, and an upload unit
130 for uploading the produced second moving picture on the server
for providing the moving picture map to update a corresponding
moving picture map.
[0055] Further, when the system including the moving picture upload
part 100 is implemented such that it is possible to receive the
second moving picture through an individual computer of each user,
the system may further include a user computer unit 140 with
individual computers of each user.
[0056] FIG. 8 is a flow chart illustrating an operation process of
the system for providing the moving picture map shown in FIG. 1. As
shown as an example in FIG. 8, in the method for providing a moving
picture map, a predetermined moving picture is produced either
through a separate space of an offline shop review zone or through
an individual computer of each user (S1), and then the produced
moving picture is delivered from the moving picture upload part 100
to the map provision part 200 (S3).
[0057] Preferably, in step S3, the moving picture is uploaded
simultaneously while an index showing the subject matter of the
uploaded moving picture is input.
[0058] Thereafter, the map provision part 200 distinguishes
relations to other moving pictures having been already uploaded,
based on the uploaded moving picture and a corresponding index, and
forms a moving picture map according to a result of the distinction
(S5).
[0059] Any one user client accesses the server for providing a
moving picture map through a web or a wap access to specify a
camera of a specific model (S7), and then receives and retrieves a
moving picture map for the specified camera (S8).
[0060] When a result of retrieval shows that there is no desired
moving picture, it is possible to make a request for provision of
the desired moving picture (S11). Then, the map provision part 200
displays the indication that contains `request for provision of a
moving picture` on the user interface, in response to the request
for provision of the moving picture of the user client (S13).
Alternatively, the map provision part 200 displays the indication
containing `request for provision of a moving picture` on a
corresponding monitor provided within each section of the space,
when the moving picture upload part 100 is implemented through the
space named an offline shop review zone (S15).
[0061] When any other user produces a corresponding moving picture
in response to the request for provision of the moving picture
(S17), the moving picture upload part 100 uploads the moving
picture produced in step S17 while inputting a corresponding index
(S19).
[0062] Thereafter, the map provision part 200 updates a moving
picture map, in response to the added moving picture (S21).
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
[0063] According to the present invention, it is possible for a
user to easily find a moving picture of desired subject matter, by
classifying moving pictures according to subject matter and
spreading out the classified moving picture on a screen.
[0064] Although several exemplary embodiments of the present
invention have been described for illustrative purposes, those
skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications,
additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from
the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the
accompanying claims.
* * * * *